February 6th, 2010

Apparently:

  • The son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke has died in a car accident in Indiana; made headlines two months ago for discussing the challenges of playing sports growing up while coming to terms with being gay.
  • Tintin has run into trouble “en Québécois.”
  • Evidence of J.D. Salinger’s short story, “Go See Eddie,” vanished from the net shortly after his death.
  • The masters of American literature are no more.
  • The RCMP have announced they will no longer investigate themselves in cases of serious injury or death.
  • The iPad’s tiny SIM card is just there to mess with you.
  • Saudi women have embraced the internet.
  • Dolly Parton is considering doing an album with Jack White.
  • Ryan Adams Sleazy Handshake has donated a theme song for The Awl.
  • ChatRoulette is either the best thing ever or the beginning of the end.
  • A U.S. marine arranged for his ex-girlfriend to be raped by posting an ad on Craigslist.
  • Only in South Florida…
  • Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci show he was centuries ahead of his time in the way he depicted the inner workings of the human body.
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